The Ying and Yang whale motif created by the Whale & Dolphin Coalition in 1977 as part of a campaign of nonviolent direct action against Australia's last whaling station in Albany, Western Australia.
The whales on the t-shirt have the box noses of sperm whales, the type of whale being hunted by Australia at that time.
'Close Cheynes' is a reference to the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company, the last whaling company in Australia.
The Whale & Dolphin Coalition brought to Australia Canadian Bob Hunter, Greenpeace's first president, to lend his expertise honed in the North Pacific against the Soviet whaling fleet ... using Zodiac inflatable boats to put people between harpoons and whales. The Whale & Dolphin Coalition later morphed into Greenpeace Australia.
Classic 'Save The Whale' t-shirt created in 1977 during the campaign to close Australia's last whaling station. The t-shirt was worn, and is still owned, by Aline Charney Barber during the nonvilolent direct action campaihn in Albany, Western Australia.
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Hi Matt
Thank you for the comment.
Apologies that I now have to moderate comments. I don't want to place my self in the position of a censor. I'll accept all comments but I don't want posts of the like of 'Kalar's' above.
best regards
chris
I am trying to get my son to do a T-shirt in this regard...sadly he is not interested.
It's a fine idea, you are doing a great job Chris, have you considered putting it on Buzz?
thanks for that.
how do i find Buzz?
the yin/yang T shirt was designed by Tim Lewis (no relation). Tim is still about in Sydney working creating websites..Jonny
the ying yang T Shirt was created by artist Tim Lewis (no realtion) Tim is still about in Sydney working creating websites...Jonny Lewis
Heya, Chris, great to see you on Entrecard = ) I've often thought about your work, but haven;'t had a chance to get across to BC that much. look forward to reading more = ) Are you going to tour your book around Au att all? the subject matter covers a fascinating aspect of this country's history that we should all remember well, so as to avoid the mistakes of the past.
many thanks for that.
yes, I'm booked for writers festival and conference later in the year. September's the big month ... a launch in Albany, WA, followed by one in Sydney.
the marketing and promotion takes a lot of effort.
cheers
Blogrolled you, got the tee shirt. Thanks for the link.
I am so glad I found this blog. Would you mind maybe adding an article to my website about this? Please put a link to this blog on it too. I want my visitors find you as well. Thanks!
Thanks for the link! Hello from SpeedyCat :-)
Hi,
I like the motive..it's great..
Thanks for all the info.
Have a great day,
keep it up...
Milou
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Wow, thanks for sharing info about the Yin Yang T shirts. Can't wait to learn more about it. Do you do it for business?
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